The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
MANAGERS AND NEW PLAYa

MANAGERS AND VIEW PLAYA
The way Diss~sn. Managers heeeiv. the
New Aaericaa Playa etsrs snd new
They Rest rlaywr,ssts-B its 81 Gossip
It IL deal Of work to get play accepted
In New York The first time O man writes
play and secs that It Is GOOD In his minds eye.
he takes It to the most celebrated theatres.
and In guilelessness OF heart asks at the box
ONCE for the manager Tho young man there
says that Mr.. Belvedero. or whatever his name
is, IL out Of town. or that he 10 extremely
busy Just now" or that he 10 conducting re-
hearsal. or. briefly. that he can't be econ.
Told that 1t Is a play to be shown the man
ager the young man says with apathy
that II 1t is left he will 500 that Mr.. Belvedero
gets 1t when he comes out Of.course. It is not
left. for It must be delivered to Mr.. Belvedero's
own hands. Calls again and again have the
same result, until one day not Mr.. Belvedero.
but Mr. Belvedero's son, o very smart young
man. may be found In. He takss the
play. says that no will read II soon and he
flnds It good will pass It on a." to his father.
The playwright goes away radiant.
Two weeks eispse. It Is time the play had
been found good and passed on. The two
weeks become q month. and . call at the box
apathy. that Mr.. Boivedero and son have gone
West. A telegram to Omaha after two weeks,
brings a reply In . letter from Los Angeles,
saying that Mr.. Belvedero, Jr.. will bo back In
three months. and that some time during the
summer he will try to ind timo to read the
play. This Ii only the very beginning In ell
probability years Of It follow st one theatre
and another. unless the writer happens to BE-
favorably known to the management. or to
be In position Of influence. or to have already
had play successfully produced. OF course,
there are exceptions, and It Is Just possible
that the nrst play may DO promptly read. COR
daily approved. and placed upon the stage In
tho height Of the season. But II this II the
case. the manager was In desperate straits.
He grabbed Ut 1t as at straw. and the straw
may save him. instead OF proving tho last one
that breaks his back.
In detail. as to the different managers, Los
ter Wallack was the soul Of punctuality. He
kept his business appointments Is rellxiously
as though they were the commandments. and
when he had once taken play was accessible
at all h9urs; hanagemont Of business mat
tors used to be intrusted to the late Mr.. Floyd.
4 man .E who had lust had play produced . rt
Floyds attention to some business points
which he wanted clearly understood,
very asSs isf Is NJ SI 4hss
idea. amusing 10 its unconscious solemnlty.
was that where ailsok was concerned. .
word WAS rs good as a bond.
house. is always besiseed with eaiiers Before
eiaboraisly through = telephone with the boz
Office. Well.kn4wn dramatists are welcome.
Ssns a' doss fs 20 ] e.
Gpsea ;SHeeess,uy II Lond9n and Psrs and
Sec q nor jim the Penlnsn" would have
been produced BY him had he merely road
e% $ Il
ment OF the Union square and Madison square
Theatres re- he has brought cut good many
usually given to Mr. a. Il. 6aznursn to iransl late
and DIX up. and Cazauran is frank enough to
That 40 afps tsm 1hsr a
delightful portions, which would please \
French haye e 10 t9r" out t. please
Mr. DAILY is celebrated for his calm. cordi.
as co on place or holding az Interview
which he desires should be brief. American
dramatists are no longer taken as freely to his
alled with TRANSLATE from the German, to
which n hts l1dpssFioqs pen gives local eS9Eng
quiet men. who I listen viii With s1pressionIess
ssy. ana then giye [aeenie ansvers., liz i
his theatre atty times . day. When he Is
peither on the stage, in HE otiiss, nor taking
some whsfs." as his box ONCE Representatives
wiz complementary assure th e. caller
esy nS ao ass.sd Ss him /
to Ss H. Is
ayers. and 1 those he Knows may dspend upon
having !hsir RIsys read with IN prgT ,s
Tor G I new play Il Il suits it's him. The ainieuity
he hdI in letting wha. ss him IL Is
Xanize Into life Miss, Milford Rieni" Mr..
tiesl and g tie point in his criticisms
NJ Nj is BsSa1 s-s sn ss new lew
dramas not BY Shakespeare to which he mas
clunE during all his career. good while ago
persuade him to appear in play o. which the
first Napoleon was the central figure; but
lie likewise shook his head q, Cesar BorSiaS
Dir. Booths answer has always been that since
he drew crowded houses in his old characters
Mrs. Langtry is sought 6y = throng Of play
virginia to whom her secretary or agent usual
shs ysns ar n,4 she
Miss Pixley II non-committal over new
plays presented 70 her. YH lnl she mse s
Georgia Cayvan. and MIRA. Agnes Booth write
brlsl and Intelligent commsnts on dramas
upon which their opinions are asked. provided
they have time to read them. Miss Davenport,
who once had great affection for the Ameri-
can decentralization Instance, Misc Dickinson
has wholly ceased to take any interest In that
being since her success with Fedora" She
Is capable Of writing quires OF paper upon
what she wants. but ike many other actresses
and actors she does not know what she wants
unl II she sees II before her.
Miss Clara Morris's chronic III health makes
II necessary for her to be assiduously guarded
BY her husband, MIR. HarriotL Accessibility to
Miss Morris is all but Impossible. excepting
to thOse who know her we'll She IL a most |
talker, understands precisely what |
she would ike TO have in the way ot y drama, |
yet seldom produces anything new. A reading |
IL Occ asiunally undertaken by MIR. HArriott.
Nine. ModJeska IL one OF the most lan9uidly |
sweet and pcnsivsly graceful aci resses upon |
whom an aspiring dramItist ever called. On |
such occasions she ID dressed In garments |
yeTRinH ON tho oriental, with long Wide sleeves |
that almost touch the nnor, and y mixture OF |
gorgeous colors that seem 6ubdued only be- |
cause OF the divine fatigue Of her demeanor. |
Her frat inquiry. made with delicious accent |
In regard to the character Intended for her IL, |
= IL very sweat :" Extraordinary sweetness
being apparently a necessary element |
Miss Claxton talks bu-iness. She Ia always |
on the point OF producing Il new play aud never |
does IL, Hucce6sful are tina old pno6